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Program

Lecturers:


Joli Adams: English language Editor at Astronomy & Astrophysics in Paris

Claude Bertout: Editor in Chief of Astronomy & Astrophysics

Laurent Cambresy: Centre de Données Astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS)

Thierry Forveille: Associate Editor of Astronomy & Astrophysics

Uta Grothkopf: Head Librarian at the European Southern Observatory

Steve Shore: Associate Editor of Astronomy & Astrophysics

Chris Sterken: Scientific Director of the School (on behalf of A&A); University of Brussels

Martine Usdin: English language Editor at Astronomy & Astrophysics in Paris


Preliminary Programme:

 17 May 2009    
 17:00-19:00  Isabelle Pouliquen
 Aurélie Chastaingt
 Registration (Hotel Lobby)
     

     
 DAY 1:
 18 May 2009
 SESSION 1  
     
 09:00-09:30  Isabelle Pouliquen
 Aurélie Chastaingt
 Registration (Hotel Lobby)
 09:30-10:00  Chris Sterken  Welcome
 10:00-10:30  Coffee  
 10:30-11:30  Chris Sterken  Introduction to communication in science
 11:30-12:30  Claude Bertout  The journal Astronomy and Astrophysics
     
   SESSION 2  
     
 14:00-15:00  Uta Grothkopf  Astronomy libraries - your gateway to information
 15:00-16:00  Joli Adams  Language editing in practice
 16:00-16:30  Coffee  
 16:30-17:30  Laurent Cambresy  The Centre de Données Astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS)
 17:30-18:30  Steve Shore  The work of a scientific Editor I
     

     
 DAY 2:
 19 May 2009
 SESSION 3  
     
 09:00-10:00  Chris Sterken  On writing your scientific paper
 10:00-10:30  Coffee  
 10:30-11:30  Uta Grothkopf  Introduction to bibliometrics and tools for organizing  references
 11:30-12:30  Steve Shore  The work of a scientific Editor II
     
    SESSION 4  
     
 14:00-15:00  Thierry Forveille  Editorial practice at Astronomy and Astrophysics
 15:00-16:00  Chris Sterken  The refereeing process seen from the side of the author
 16:00-16:30  Coffee  
 16:30-18:00  Steve Shore
 Thierry Forveille
 Hands-on writing session I
     
 18:30 --------  Reception and Dinner  
     

     
 DAY 3:
 20 May 2009
 SESSION 5  
     
 09:00-10:30  Joli Adams
 Martine Usdin
 Hands-on writing session II (parallel session)
 10:30-11:15  Coffee and Checkout  
 11:15-12:30  Chris Sterken  Visual Communication: Graphs, Images, Tables
     
    SESSION 6  
     
 14:00-15:00  Chris Sterken  Ethical Aspects: False Authorship, Plagiarism and other  Misconducts
 15:30-16:00  Chris Sterken  Closing